The cytokine status of women with osteopenia and osteoporosis at the perimenopausal period

Iryna Shcherbina

Abstract

The cytokine profile was studied in 52 women, aged 45-65, with disturbances in the structural-functional state of their bone tissue during the perimenopausal period. The revealed cytokine imbalance is an important factor of lacking balance in the mechanisms of immunoregulation, as well as demonstrates the involvement of the immune system into metabolic processes, which take place in the bone tissue.